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A runner splashes his way through a puddle along the race route near the starting line of the Metro PCS Dallas White Rock Marathon, Half Marathon & 5-Person Relay, on Dec. 04, 2011 at Fair Park in Dallas.

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Nicole Sparks of Cleveland, OK waits for a friend to meet her for the relay handoff during the 42nd running of the MetroPCS Dallas White Rock Marathon December 4, 2011. Sparks crafted her makeshift hat out of a ziplock bag.

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Tia Metzger of Grapevine shouts words of encouragement to runners as they approach the 12th mile marker during the 42nd running of the MetroPCS Dallas White Rock Marathon December 4, 2011. Metzger painted her rain suit with a smiley face and the phrase "just do it" the night before.

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Camilla Adams (ground center), 15, of Dallas waits for her best friend's dad to catch up at the 21st mile mark near the lake during the 42nd running of the MetroPCS Dallas White Rock Marathon December 4, 2011. Adams and her best friend both entered the race with their fathers.

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Joseph Alan Williams, of Corsicana, Texas is excited after passing the starting line during his run of the Metro PCS Dallas White Rock Marathon, Half Marathon & 5-Person Relay, on Dec. 04, 2011 at Fair Park in Dallas.

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Janice Moore, 48, of Dallas, wraps her daughter Alex Howrey, 5, in a foil blanket after Howrey finished the last 50 yards of the race with her mother, during Metro PCS Dallas White Rock Marathon, Half Marathon & 5-Person Relay, on Dec. 04, 2011 at Fair Park in Dallas. It was Moore's fifth time competing in the White Rock Marathon and Howrey's first time finishing the marathon with her mother.